[lm-sensors] [PATCH] hwmon: it87 support for 16-bit fan reading in 8712 rev 8 and new module param

[Jean Delvare]

Hi Andrew,

On Sun, 24 Feb 2008 16:43:35 +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:32:59 -0500, Andrew Paprocki wrote:
> > This splits the it8712 chip type into two chip types to distinguish the
> > changes made in rev 8 of the chip. A new type it8712old represents all
> > revs prior to rev 8. The it8712 chip type now represents rev 8 and
> > greater.
> 
> I am not fond of the "it8712old" name, because "old" doesn't tell the
> reader in which way it is different from the (new) it8712 type. It also
> doesn't "scale" well... What will you do if the next IT8712F revision
> differs from rev. K in a new way?
> 
> I would prefer a separate field in struct it87_sio_data and struct
> it87_data, recording the revision value. This is reusable for future
> differences between the various revisions of all supported chips. This
> approach is also less likely to break the current code.
> 
> As a side note, I think it's rather weird that the IT8712F rev. J (and
> later) do default to 8-bit fan speed values while they no longer
> support fan clock dividers. As these revisions of the chip are not
> backward compatible with the older revisions, ITE should really have
> switched to a saner default.
> (...)

Any update for this patch, addressing the points I raised in my review?
Apparently we have another user who needs this (Cc'd.)

-- 
Jean Delvare